Good morning. Sunday brings a one-third chance of afternoon showers and a high of sixty. A newspaper headline proclaims ‘These Robotic Blocks Can Automatically Combine Themselves To Build New Robots,’ and that’s pretty close to true (and spot on amazing): Over at MIT, a student came up with an idea for modular robots – independent…

Good morning. We’ve a ninety-percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms, on a day with a high of seventy-five. On this day in 1947, Pres. Truman delivers the first televised presidential speech, from the White House: President Harry S. Truman and several cabinet members, including Secretary of State George C. Marshall, asked Americans to refrain from eating…

Good morning. Friday looks like a day of heavy rain, with thunderstorms in the morning, and a high of seventy-eight for the day. Rainfall could be between a quarter and half of an inch. On this day in 1957, the Soviets successfully launch Sputnik into orbit, and the space age begins: New York Times‘ reporters…

Good morning. The week gets wetter as it progresses: today’s forecast calls for a forty-percent chance of thunderstorms and a high of seventy-eight. On this day in 1990, divided for forty-five years, East and West Germany reunite: Berlin, Wednesday, Oct. 3 — Forty-five years after it was carved up in defeat and disgrace, Germany was…

Good morning. We’ll have a sunny midweek day, with a high of seventy-eight. Sunrise is 6:54 AM and sunset 6:34 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with 6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Community Development Authority Board meets today at 5 PM. On this day in 1869, Gandhi is born. Closer to home,…

Good morning. A new month begins. We will have a sunny day with a high of eighty. Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM. October 1st brings anniversaries good and bad. On 10.1.1908, Ford Motor Company rolls the first Model T off the production line. On 10.1.1949, Mao Zedong declares himself head of state of…

Good morning. As September ends, we’ll have a bit of fog in the morning, and then a sunny day with a high of seventy-three. The moon is a waning crescent with 19% of the its visible disk illuminated. Private spaceflight took a step forward this weekend, as SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket saw a successful…

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater looks to be a lovely fall day: sunny, a high of seventy, and light northwest winds around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. The results of my latest poll are in, and they’re decisive: 87.1% of respondents felt that convicted animal-abuser Patricia Ritz met her deserved fate when her…

Good morning. Today will be warm and mostly sunny, with a one-third chance of afternoon showers, and a high of eighty. On this day in 1941, Ted Williams becomes the last player to hit .400 in a season: …the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams plays a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics on the last day…

Good morning. The work week ends with sunny skies and a high of seventy-eight. The moon’s a waning crescent with 45% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1964, the Warren Commission concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy: Washington, Sept. 27–The assassination of President Kennedy was…

Good morning. Morning fog will lift, giving way to sunny skies and a high of seventy-five. You may recall the February premiere of local filmmaker Sean Williamson’s Heavy Hands. (See, The Whitewater Premiere of Heavy Hands: Sunday, 2.10.13 @ 7 PM.) The film will soon reach a British audience, as it will be part of…

Good morning. We’ll have areas of fog in the morning, but thereafter sunny skies and a high of seventy. On this day in 1957, Pres. Eisenhower orders federal soldiers to prevent obstruction of justice and assure lawful integration of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. On September 25, 1897, William Faulkner is born. On this…

Good morning. Tuesday brings a sunny day with a high near seventy to Whitewater, with winds of 5 to 10 mph. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM, and her Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Steering Committee at 6 PM. On this day in 1789, America gets her first Supreme Court: The Judiciary…

Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee meets today at 8 AM. On this day in 1952, then-Sen. Nixon delivers his Checkers speech: Los Angeles, Sept. 23–Senator Richard M. Nixon, in a nation-wide television and radio broadcast tonight, defended his $18,235 “supplementary expenditures” fund as legally and morally beyond reproach. He laid before the Republican National Committee and…